Into Africa : a transnational history of Catholic medical missions and social change /

In Into Africa, Barbra Mann Wall offers a transnational history that explores the intersection of religion, medicine, gender, race, and politics in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on the years following World War II. The book highlights the importance of transnational partnerships, using the stories of...

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Main Author: Wall, Barbra Mann (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Medical missions in context
  • Nursing, medicine, and mission in Ghana
  • Shifting mission in rural Tanzania
  • Catholic medical missions and transnational engagement in Nigeria
  • Transnational collaboration in primary health care
  • Appraising women religious and their mission work.